Doe Quotes - Page 153

Being yourself doesn’t attract women... being your most attractive self, does.

I think that's where it comes into play, when you are just looking at a document or whatever and you see the word "disability." Does that automatically trigger something in you that denies someone their personhood?

Being patient does not mean being silent.

For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative things.

You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: what does the reader need to know next?

Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level.

My desolation does begin to make A better life.

Instinct leads, logic does but follow.

We converse as we live by repeating, by combining and recombining a few elements over and over again just as nature does when of elementary particles it builds a world.

Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.

We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything to wound the conscience and moral sense of others, may indeed act immorally; but, so long as he is not guilty of being importunate, he violates no right.

A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit... Perhaps their speech does convey truth, but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.

James Watson summarizes the conclusion: “A predisposition does not a predetermination make.

It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the world is not governed by a purpose.

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few acquire…. ….The world winks at dishonesty. the world does not call it dishonesty

A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.

You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

Absence of defects does not necessarily build business... Something more is required.

Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?

God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!

Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago.

Remember it doesn't take the same minute to make Indomie like it does to make Jollof rice.

Vanity is normal in performers. Does it bother other people? All the time. But nine times out of 10, that says more about them than you.

Christianity does not set faith against thinking. It sets faith against assuming.